Search Results: Authors starting with R from Old Bookshelf

Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1859. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 225pp, 12pp ads. Brown embossed cover, gilt lettering to cover and spine, folding map. Light wear to extremities, cracking to inner hinges but binding is tight and holding, contents age-toned, former owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper, folding map has one small spot and is otherwise very sound.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1933. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Arthur Rackham. 287pp. No date c1933. Red cloth, black lettering and black and white decoration, 8 Rackham color plates plus numerous black and white illustrations. Very little wear, spine slightly darkened, endpapers agetoned, former owner's bookplate on front free endpaper.

New York: Greenberg, 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Laszlo Razel. 188pp. Tan linen cover, orange decoration, gilt spine lettering. Covers unworn and clean, contents age-toned, some darkening to endpapers, owner's name in pencil on front pastedown. Book is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket is moderately soiled and chipped and is essentially complete.

Newburgh and New York City: S. Stroock & Co., Inc., 1939. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paki. Unpaginated [24pp]. Beige boards, black lettering and black and red illustration. Some cracking of front joint, very light soiling to covers, contents are clean and binding is tight. Humorous verse and illustrations describing the fur sources (llamas, camels, alpaca, guanaco, etc.) and extolling the virtues of S. Stroock & Co.'s luxury fabrics.

St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan Ptg. Co./St. Louis & San Frisco Railroad, 1900. Soft cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to. Grey pictorial wraps, large folding map. Small chips to head and tail of spiine, contents are clean, folding map (22 x 18 inches) tipped-in at rear in very good condition has 1 inch clean margin tear archival tape mended. Full page black and white, and color photos of Southwest travel through the Ozark Mountains picturing the varying landscapes and the people along the way. A very well-preserved example of this travel publication.

Jacksonville : Florida East Coast Railway, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. 95pp. Printed stapled stiff wraps. Light wear to spine, slight dampstain to some pages, contents are otherwise clean and unblemished. Book contains a comprehensive listing of principal cities and towns, with descriptions of landmarks and features and listings of hotels and inns with their rates. Illustrated with many c1900 photos. This book is evidently a mid 20th century reprint of a guidebook originally published around 1902.

Denver: Denver & Rio Grande Railway, 1886. Soft cover. Poor. 53pp + 29pp advertising. Stapled pictorial wraps. Covers and last page detached but present, booklet is age-darkened, damp-stained, chipped, one ad page half torn away, staples rusted. Despite these flaws, the booklet is virtually complete. This is only the second year of publication (first edition was published in 1885). A very scarce item in any condition.

Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated. Marroon boards, black lettering and decoration. Corners lightly rubbed, slight cover bleed to foredge and minor bleed to one page of texr, text mildly toned. Book is invoverall very nice condition.

Chicago: Rand, Mcnally & Co., 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 44pp, 20 x 13 1/2 inch colored folding map. Green cloth, gilt lettering. Light wear, text is lightly age-toned, no front free endpaper, former owner's name in pencil on rear endpaper, folding map is very good condition, in a very nice lightly worn hardcover binding.

Boston: D.C. Heath and Company, 1937. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 959pp. Extremities rubbed, spine darkened, occasional margin notations, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, binding is tight, some dampstaining and puckering to lower margin.

Montclair, New Jersey: Alphonse Lemerre, 1917. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 102pp. FIRST EDITION. Marbled paper over obards, brown cloth backing, pasteon label. Book is clean and nearly unworn, interior is clean and unmarked. The original Indian trails that existed on the site of the streets of modern Newark.

New York: Munricipal Reference Library, 1939. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 270pp. Illustrated blue stiff wraps. Numerous black and white illustrations and several in color. Fading to cover, contents mildly toned but clean and binding is tight. Included is the separate 16 page "Official Guide to City of New York Exhibit Building.

Cleveland, Ohio: C. Hauser, 1925. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 305pp. Green pictorial cover, gilt lettering. Light wer to edges, spine sunned, gift inscription on front pastedown, text is mildly toned. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on front free endpaper, photo illustrations.

Boston: Committee on Rules of the General Court, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 71pp, 12 plates. Tan boards, black cloth spine, gilt shield decoration. Book is clean and sound, very faint soiling, contents are clean and most pages still unopened. Commemorates the return of the Historic Paul Revere Liberty Bowl in 1949.

Paris: Braun & Cie., 1932. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Siegmund Forst. 47 plates of black and white reproductions, 3 pages of text. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, original dust jacket. Light soil and dampstaining to covers, Light dampstaining to some edges, not affecting plates or text. Dust jacket is soiled and slightly chipped.

Paris: Éditions Aimery Somogy, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 276pp. Light blue striated cloth, gilt decoration and spine decoration. Text in French. Very sound condition, slight age-toning. Dust jacket has a small abrasion and short clean tear, otherwise very good. A compact history of ballet, profusely illustrated.

New York, Washington, St. Augistine: Foster & Reynolds, 1898. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 177pp. Marroon cloth, gilt lettering and capitol dome on front cover, folding map. Moderate edgewear, frontispiece margins chipped with no loss to image, text is age-toned but clean, folding map neatly repaired with archival tape, map is otherwise in a well-preserved condition. Classic Washington guide with many period illustrations.

New York: Fox & Company, 1903. Audio Book (Cassette). Good. 162pp +approx. 50 pp ads, large folding map. Covers and spine chipped and worn, contents slightly wavy, folding map in nearly original conditional, tho' small fold tears neatly reinforced with archival tape.

New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Louis Rhead. 284pp. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to cover and spine, 16 full-page illustrations by Louis Rhead, an introductory study by Newell Dwight Hillis. Covers very bright and clean. spine slightly dulled, contents mildly toned but clean and unmarked, binding is tight. bookseller's tiny label on rear pastedown. Sound condition.

Washington: Gideon & Co., Printers, 1851. Soft cover. Good. Kubasta. 30pp. Disbound pamphlet, dampstain to upper left corner, age-toned. Rhett served as Senator from South Carolina from 1850-1852 and spoke in opposition to the Compromise of 1850, and in favor of secession.